Things you didn't know about D&D...

thalmin · Dec 14, 2002

EOL said:
Also, I know that initially since the d10 is not a regular polyhedron in the early days they numbered d20's from 0-9 twice and then you would ink or color in one half of those numbers to indicate which was set 11-20 and which set was 1-10. Then some one "invented" the d10 and that particular kludge was no longer necessary. How, when and by whom the d10 was invented is beyond the scope of my knowledge.

I believe the d10 was first designed and patented by Lou Zocchi of GameScience. The d% (d10 numbered by 10's) was introduced nearly simultaneously by a couple of manufacturers about 10 years later.
(edit)The Zocchihedron, the die with 100 sides from Zocchi, came out a couple years before a d%.

Zander · Dec 15, 2002

EOL said:
I'm by no means the expert on this but it's my understanding that TSR had some early trouble with the Tolkien estate over use of the term hobbit, mithril and balrog...

Ents too. Papa G changed the name to treant.

EOL said:
Also, I know that initially since the d10 is not a regular polyhedron in the early days they numbered d20's from 0-9 twice and then you would ink or color in one half of those numbers to indicate which was set 11-20 and which set was 1-10.

{Nostalgia}I remember those.

{/Nostalgia}

Bob5th · Dec 15, 2002

Azure Trance said:
The links not working, and I can't find it on the site. Can't show friend who Black Leaf is ;(

Try this

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.asp

Zander · Dec 15, 2002

Some more D&D trivia...

In the original Manual of the Planes, the illustration of Asgard shows a building, a giant and some adventurers. The building in the picture really exists. It's Heddal stavechurch near Notodden in Norway. I've been there. Here's a link.

All the illustrations in the 1E PHB have titles. They appear in the French edition.

The description of crossbows in the 2E Arms & Equipment Guide contains a mistake because of a mistranslation from medieval French. The A&E says that light and heavy crossbows have bolts of one and two feet long respectively. This is because a 15th century French text mentions one and two footed crossbows. But this is a reference to the number of feet required to brace the crossbow when loading it which is clear in the original. It isn't the length of the crossbows or their bolts.

IIRC Skip "The Sage" Williams is really called Ralph Williams.

Rashak Mani · Dec 15, 2002

The toy Rust monster is still available here in brazil mixed in with all the other animal plastic miniatures ! Cost something like $0,15 !

Zander · Dec 15, 2002

Rashak Mani said:
The toy Rust monster is still available here in brazil mixed in with all the other animal plastic miniatures ! Cost something like $0,15 !

You could put them on Ebay and make a fortune!

Dr Midnight · Dec 16, 2002

Damn you! And they were so entertaining too! Its people like you who start urban legends. While I was reading down the list and talking to a PC on AIM I started pasting the info to him ... watch it spread

I made up a bunch of these in a Star Wars trivia thread. I think the one I'm proudest of is "Rumor has it that George Lucas created the jawa exclamation 'Utinni' based entirely on something his wife is reported to have shouted during a particularly passionate session of lovemaking. Mr. Lucas has yet to comment publicly on the issue."

Peasily · Oct 30, 2004

pictures of bulette and rust monster

My brother and I also got the Bulette and Rust Monster in a pack of plastic dinosaurs in the 70's. We had always wondered what the heck they were, until we discovered D&D and AD&D around 1984.

This person here

http://www.rpg-collector.com/Html/curiosites.htm

has a picture of them. The ones I had were brown and yellow, though. I actually still had them up until 1991, when I lost them while moving to a new state.

Algolei · Oct 30, 2004

Dr Midnight said:
-One of the earlier modules that ALMOST saw publication featured musical interludes. The module would have been published with a thin plastic record (remember those?) and players woiuld have to improvise lyrics to defeat a part of the adventure. Reportedly, dancing was also involved. In-game.

My DM actually made us sing once to defeat a part of a module. Our reluctant group had to make up the tune as we went. I tried for a "Good King Wenceslaus" type of thing. Dunno what the rest were going for, but it turned out remarkably well.

This took place on a university campus, late at night, in a secluded room. As we were singing, three different groups of people walked by. Apart from the janitor, they were the only people we saw all night.

While I don't remember the module it was from, I still occasionally sing the song:

"Go ye to the temple,
Seek the wisdom there,
Go ye to the temple,
There ye shall prepare..."

Remathilis · Oct 30, 2004

Here are a few that most people might now about: the homages to D&D.

* the 3.0 DMG featured a map and mini-module, which (aside from formatting and rules) is the same as the one featured in the 1e DMG.

* The discription of Site-based adventures feature three of the most famous dungeons of all time: Tomb of Horrors, Ghost Tower, and Temple of Elemental Evil

* The Cover of Castlevania 2 (Simons Quest) bears an uncanny similarity to the cover of I6: Ravenloft (see pics below)

* Song and Silence discusses Pg 80 about Cultural Bias of the rogue. It alludes to the great exploits of Uncle at Odo Bone Hill or Cousin Tanager's exploration of Acererak's Tomb

UNCONFIRMED: The Hero Builder's Guidebook suggests that Rary the Traitor's First name is "Medium". As In "Medium Rary" Any truth to that?

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